Least Privilege

TL;DR Privileged Access Management (PAM) helps you secure the accounts that matter most—those with elevated permissions and the keys to your most sensitive systems. In 2025, attackers are still targeting admin accounts, service accounts, and infrastructure consoles. This article covers: What PAM is and why it matters Real-world breaches involving privileged accounts Best practices for securing high-risk access Tools and controls to implement PAM effectively 🔍 Background In my early IAM years, I saw developers with full domain admin rights—and no session logging....

TL;DR Feeling confident in your organization’s Zero Trust posture? This “Zero Trust Readiness Quiz” leverages the same practical checklist approach I’ve used across enterprises, SMBs, and personal environments to help you gauge where you stand across the seven tenets of Zero Trust defined by NIST SP 800‑207 and CISA’s Zero Trust Maturity Model. Answer ten quick checklist questions about your asset inventory, least‑privilege policies, continuous monitoring, and more. Score your results to identify gaps and prioritize your next steps....

Least Privilege and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Policy Overview This policy enforces the principle of least privilege and establishes role-based access control (RBAC) standards for all identities—human and non-human—across company systems, applications, and data. Its objective is to minimize risk, reduce the attack surface, and ensure that each identity is granted only the minimum access required for their legitimate business function. Scope This policy applies to all users (employees, contractors, third parties) and non-human identities (service accounts, APIs, automation bots, application integrations, etc....